by - September 10, 2014 7:23 pm
The Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority is scheduled to meet with the chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee next month, the second meeting with a high-ranking Washington politician…
by - August 19, 2014 4:06 pm
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said during a visit to Fort Smith Tuesday (Aug. 19) that while he is against higher taxes, the gasoline tax that funds the Highway Trust…
by - June 11, 2014 3:02 pm
The Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority announced at its Wednesday (June 11) that it may soon host a meeting between legislators and private sector businesses in its attempt to secure funding…
by - April 9, 2014 9:25 pm
The Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority's Wednesday (April 9) meeting presented progress in an effort to secure a study of an inland harbor in the Fort Smith region. The study, by…
by - February 12, 2014 4:15 pm
The Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) voted Wednesday (Feb. 12) to contract with Washington, D.C.-based The Normandy Group to host a meeting during the summer in hopes of bringing together…
by - December 12, 2012 5:03 pm
Funding for the Western Arkansas Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) is still pending for 2013, though none of the financially supportive entities expect setbacks. RITA board members addressed that as…
by - October 10, 2012 5:19 pm
The Western Arkansas Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) severed ties with CRS Advanced Engineering, a Utah-based engineering firm, on Wednesday (Oct. 10) just four months after approving the $3,000 per…
by - August 8, 2012 6:46 pm
Money is “getting tight” for the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA), but according to RITA board member Keith Hefner, president and CEO of Citizens Bank (Van Buren), “It should be…
by - June 13, 2012 2:50 pm
The Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) voted unanimously on Wednesday (June 13) to sign a cost-sharing agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to move forward with the…
by - May 17, 2012 3:07 pm
While the Fort Smith region and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are preparing for a $100,000 study to determine the viability of the Lavaca Slackwater Harbor, one Arkansas River…
by - April 11, 2012 1:08 pm
While the Army Corps of Engineers and the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) are both encouraged by the future of the Lavaca Slackwater Harbor Project, the project could still be…
